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HIE Shy, , LONDON, :MONDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1864. Lords or Commons, no reform of any kind, partial or o rymprehensive, good, bad, or indifferent. Supposing t ,i e m an of men amongst the whole of you had con trived to persuade people of all parties.both in Parlia ment and out of it, that he at least,if no one else among our public men, was staunch to the backbone, to the core of his heart, through every fibre of his being, as the greatest of all living Leaders as a Reformer. Supposing this arch advocate among the champions of Reform had himself been the one to place your opponents as mere would. be Reformers in a minority by moving a series of cleverly contrived Abstract Resolutions. Let h i m as the sequel to those Resolutions—on the ex. pulsioa from ofßzeofyour before-m en ti one d worsted predecessors —let him, this arch-Champion of Re form, the staun chest of all stau nc h R e f ormers , be raised froni the Commons to the Lords, be re warded with a bran new Earldom, be invested with the George of Diamonds and the blue-silk ribbon of the most n oble Order of the Garter. ) •"'d then, when his own career has been thus satisfactorily accomplished—let him dry those eTes of his , for once and for all, those eyes that were wont to shed tears at the failure of his 1, st abortive efforts as a Reformer. And let him hush up the babble probably follow steadil y - his of all those who w ould fain s footsteps (as a Re former) by that last charmi ng little axiom of his, " Rest and be thankful, , ' No matt er what invi dials constructions may be put upon such pnceedings as tress by come vexatious mai. o‘.)ntents — py no heed to them whatsoever. The course you have chosen may be mean —h u t it will succeed. Thus much in regard to your rule of con duct, internally—that is, in respect to your wisest v h e ms for carrying on safely the aff.;irs of th e Home Government. Now for the best plan among all conceivable plans upon which to construct the foreign policy of the country, Wel:, in regard to ttat—start, first of all, upon the disk tied understanding that you shall scrutinize azd generally estimate all foreign questions from a P' 3701 5" commercial point of visw. Never mind troubling yourself about the honour of the country what will pay—and what wont. The honour will tsk cire of itself—rest perfectly well satisfied ...... , The deputation to Lord PALMERSTON from the Society for obtaining the cessation of hostilities in America is a satisfactory event, and may be regarded as a significant sign of the times. It is not likely that at this juncture any effort made on the part of her MAJESTY'S Government could stay the course of the war; but it seems strange that now, when in all probability the termination of the unhappy contest draws near, Lord PALMERSTON I should speak in a somewhat different style from what he has adopted on previous occasions, when the question of the attitude this country should assume in the affair has been broached. The object of the deputation was not to discuss the mat ter politically, but to urge the plea of humanity, and state their opinion that it was considered by many that at present there was so much weariness of the war existing is America, that something might be done to put a period to its disastrous con tinuance. It was their belief that the Government might do good service to the cause of peace by using their influence with the Federal Government to pro• mote the cessation of hostilities. It was further added that the restoration of the Union being per fectly impracticable, the prolongation of the war can only increase slaughter, and add to debt. It would have saved an incredible amount of suffering had the consciousness of this truth dawned upon the minds of many at an earlier period, but there are some lessons that can only be bought by expe• rience, The details, of course, are but too well known concerning the war in America, but still the impressive manner in which some of the lead ing features of this most deplorable calamity are put before us by the members of the deputation must strike home to the minds of all who peruse them. This strife between the rival States will will stand out prominently in history, as among the most fearful visitations that have ever befallen humanity. It has been computed that the destruc tion to human life has been at the rate of ten thousand a week, or half a million a year. There was great force in the arguments used by Mr. SPENCE as to the benefits which would accrue if the termination of the war took place at the in stance of friendly mediation, instead of its termina tion through the exhaustion of either side of the belligerents. Whichever succumbs the worst effects will be produced, and a state of uni• versal peace can not be hoped for. The worst casnalty would be if the South succumbed, because all the tyranny of the North would ride rampant over the subjugated soil, and it would, in all pro bability, prove that the Confederate States would he in a worse position than ever. There would also be great inconveniences if the North were compelled to devant in thuxt attempts to bring tea heiltgPr ant States into submission. They would become dis , united among themselves, and future efforts at legislation would be rendered difficult by the re criminations that would ensue, and the discontented spirit that would gain ground. It is impossible to study this subject in its details, and not arrive at tee conclusion that great blame rests upon the Government for not doing something to stay the slaughter at an earlier stage, and to avert the dread ful sacrifice that has been made of life, and the irre trievable injuries done to commerce. It is not at all consistent with the position that we ought to hold among nations, to be told that an attempt at me diation would be fruitless, and our efforts to avert the evils that are so conspicuously apparent in this civil war would be of no avail. Lord PALMER. STON in his reply gave his hearers a reasonable ground for supposing that the opinions of the Government had undergone some modifica tion on this subject, but he very carefully abstained from mentioning any precise time at which it might be expected that they would realise the long-wished-for attempt at a settlement of the difficulties that now distract the American conti nent. He gave as his chief reason that they might exasperate the North by so doing, and that " pre mature efforts" wonld do more harm than good. It is really strange that the noble lord should charac terise any efforts that have yet to be made as "pre mature." The term is not at all an appropriate one, and it is quite inconsistent to employ it. Still it must have been considered by the deputation as something gained that the noble lord did not reject their proposition as perfectly untenable. There is another circumstance which corroborates the notion that the tactics of Ministers are undergoing a change, and that is the fact of Mr. MASON having had an " unofficial interview" with Lord PALMERSTON the other day, introduced by Mr. LINDSAY. Nothing definite took place in consequence, but still it is a move in the right direction, and it is not likely that the noble Premier would compromise himself by thus expressing himself if he did not intend to fulfil his promise. It will b© a fortunate occurrence if the hopes of the deputation are realised, and some definite attempt is at last made to avert a calamity that seems almost too great to realise from its extent and magnitude, as well as from its pro- ,ongation. The progress which has been made in agriculture is one of the most ramarkable of the many changes of our times. It is, indeed, less conspicuous in its action, and less astonishing in its results than many of the changes by which other trades or professions have been influenced. But if the adaptation of steam to farm implements produces less startling consequences than the rapid transmission of hun dreds of persons over land and sea against all I opposing influences, the work which the giant does a the one case is no less useful than in the other. If the discoveries in agricultural chemistry aro at first sight less wonderful than the electric tele graph, tfipy may possibly prove to be e ventually even more beneficial. The dying out of prejudice, under the influence of increasing and extending knowledge, h a s been one of the great victories generation ; and, although it of the present may be more indispensable to the welfare of a country that political, religious, and moral intolerance should be extinguished than that farmers should be induced to follow the most profitable method of working their farms, yet the importance of that improvement is not to be questioned. However valuable may be the rapid transmission of intelligence, or the increased foci lities for locomotion, y e t th e vocat i on o f the farmer is aftsr all of primary impotta ue , ~!...11 the Achieve' ments of skill and discoveries of human intelligence are use less unless those who design and those who profi , ,, by their labours are alike supplied with pro visions of mother each, Agricultural chemistry may be less attractive as a study than the deeper and more imposing sciences of geology and astro• nomy, or chemistry itself in its more enlarged ap plication, but the rapid advance made of late years in the production of food proves that it is at least a profitable study. For many a long day it was the fashion to regard farmers and ag,ricultu- rists generally as men behind the age, who obsti nately refused to move from the beaton track. But it is not so very long since the application of steam and other advantages were recommended, and already they are becoming popular. Agricultu• rists of this day ara no longer a class by theme selves, shut out from the general progress of en lightenment. As the rest of the world has advanced in knowledge and intelligence, they have advanced too, until there is no reason to fear that any scheme for the improvement of farms or farming stock will not obtain as fair a hearing as in any other profession. Mach of this beneficial change has pro bably been due to the influence of agricultural shows and societies, which have brought men together from distant parts, to exchange opinions and expe• rience, and to see with their own eyes practical Africa, proof of the advantages recommended to them The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society which has been held during the past week, is one of these occasions, and it was in this instance pecu liarly interesting from the fact that it had not been held in that town for nearly twenty years. The meetings of the lie)yallAgricultural Society are held yearly at different large towns throughout the country, and it is thus often a good many years be t ween the celebrations at any particular spot. In 1946 the first meeting of the society was held in the very town where they have been now assem bling, and the eighteen years that have elapsed since then have witnessed a degree of progress which would then have been scarcely credible. Some of the theories then in their infancy have now become the recognised practice of the day, such as the theory of deep drainage then just becoming known, which is now an established principle. Since 1846, too, the use of artificial manures has become general, and this has undoubtedly much to do with the improvement in our crops. The effect of steam-ploughing is as yet hardly to be seen, but there can be no question of its beneficial result upon heavy clay land, and when it gets into more general use its influence will soon be apparent. At the trial last week some of the engines tried produced en astonishing effect, moving the soil to a great depth with wonderful rapidity, and leaving it thoroughly pulverised. No horse-power could have accomplished the same work. The special peculiarity of the steam-plough is the great depth to which it turns up the soil, a result of considerable importance hardly to be attained by other means. Altogether the trial, so far as as it went, has tended to strengthen the favourable estimation in which these ploughs are already held, and will probably do much to remove the prejudice yet lingering in the minds of some against their use. This is one of the advantages of such a gathering, and its members can look back with pride to the work accomplished since their meeting. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LT.EIITER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. CROOKHAVEN, JULY 18. The extra steamer Siion, which left New York on tha afternoon of the 6th inst., was intercepted hero this morning. Her news has been fully anticipated by the CALCUTTA AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 18. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poonah, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 75 passengers, £220 in specie, and precious stones to the value of 3,500r5. ; jewellery, 2,570r5.; musk, 1,500; coral, 1,000. She brings also a general cargo, including 1,204 bales of silk, which latter are estimated at the value of £115,000. On the 13th inst. the Poonah spoke the ship Patrician, of Newcastle ; on the 14th inst. the schooner Pride of the Isles ; and on the 16th the steamer Peninsular. Exchange on London, 90 days, 50i; exchange on Paris, of 31c; Marseilles, Of 32c; Madrid, at eight days, pare bag, owing to some rumour on board, he called the officer who gave it to him to examine it before send ing it on shore, when it was ascertained that it had been opened, the despatches taken out, blank paper substituted, and the bag reserved. The bag originally contained the despatches from Admiral Pinzon to his Government and the private letters of the fleet. It has not transpired yet who the per petrators of the robbery are, but we presume an official investigation will:lead to an exposure of the guilty persons. For so far the purser is the re sponsible party, he having been entrusted with the ' bag, but his responsibility is merely to the company, and ho may be able to show that be is entirely innocent of blame; but the company being respon sidle for the acts of their employes, will be held answerable by the parties directly interested, and no doubt the whole effAir will prove a very dis agreeable one to them. LITERATURE, In the Silver Age : Essays, that is, Dispersed Me ditations. By Holme Lee, author of " Maude &c. Two vole. Smith and Elder. Novel readers have been indebted to Holme Lee for many pleasant stories, cleverly told, but the happiest effort of this charming authoress is the very delightful collection of essays and meditations on men and things now issued in two elegant volumes, entitled " The Silver Age." Often, says ,he authoress in her preface, while writing fict 4 +iou! .ales, she has felt an inward prompting to do some thing better ; and here, in the " Silver Age," this " better" achievement is before us. It contains (adds the introductory comment) the experiences of a working woman's life, and let us add, also, the ex periences of a thoughtful mind and tenderly sensi tive nature. By the way of example, let us quote the following very observant remark— " Did we profit genuinely by the experience of other per sons, or even by our own, thought I, we should very early in life give up rejoicing or disquieting our hearts about what is unsure. But, as it is universal, no doubt that it is best that, like children, we should be driven to our imper fectly-conned lesson again and again ; that we should have our smiles and our tears continually diverted by sudden chocks of surprise, and that still, like children, we should have courage left to make for ever new starts to repair false starts; while our capacity for hoping and fearing stays by us to the last throb of the pulse. Half our life is lived in the vain expectation or dread of what never comes to pass. Young, we lay out long before us a pleasant story sunny-bright and flowery-gay with love, sympathy, and tenderness, which is to be our life-story ; later, we toil and vaguely trouble in prospect of a dreary volume of labour and care which we believe ourselves doomed to travel through ; and when we least dream it God writes an inexor ablefiuid on the glowing page, and in a moment takes away the volume that we thought too hard, and gives us quite another task and leaves us to it, By this time we might have learnt that all our planning and all our shying aro less than nothing to Him who disposes—but have we ? I can not remember that I ever yet met man or woman so old, dull, or world-weary that ho or she had not some ray of forlorn hope gill held in front that the faint breath of life kept stirring; and beyond its doubtful attainment a scheme." One of the most charming chapters in the work is filled with tender reminiscences of the writer's mother, of whom the following touching little glimpse is given— "' By great sorrows the heart is protected against small ones, by the waterfall against the rain,' It must have been in this wise with my mother. She was not a woman of many words or of any complaints. What came was by God's permission, what went was by God's will. Ido not think she ever philosophised over the hardships of her life save in this simpls Christian fashion; and though to the narrow world outside her home she might seem not to have so many causes of thankfulness, yet she was always thank ful. It is only ourselves that know what we have been spared. Happiness, she taught us, was not the main pur suit of life, but duty ; and her example wont even beyond her precept. To do her best and trust Gad for the result was her visible effort no less than it was her constant coun sel and consolation ; and to the very last God redeemed the promises made to those who put their confidence in Him by maintaining in her a quiet heart," The revelation of the treasured hoards of the poor mother—little reminiscences of her children's lives, their early endeavours at letter writing, very naturally and tenderly described. Full of feeling and full of wisdom, too, are the thoughtful recollections and fanciful i mag inings of Holm Lee. Q.d the " Silver Age" w ill give pleasnre to many readers. Holiday Papers. By harry Jones, M,A, One Vol Pp. 431. Hardwicke. It was holiday work for the author to pen these very delightful essays, and it is assuredly holiday work to the reader to peruse them. They are con spicuous especially for the sound common sense by which every opinion is dictated, and by the quiet fund of humour by which every chapter is enlivened. As an example of both qualifications combined let us select at hazard the following happy descrip- ion :-- -------- OAYL IT A.LIAN OPER,A,I .Ni- covent-garden. Positively the Last Week but One. Extra Night. Adelina Patti; Signor Ronconi, Signor Ciampi, and Signor Mario. THIS EVENING (Monday), July IS (positivey for the last time this season), Rossini's Opera, in two acts. IL DARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosin, Wile. A.delina p; ati ; Bertha, Madame Tagliatico; Figaro, Signor Ronconi ; Ba.rtolo, Signor Ciampi ; Basilio, Signor T agliafico ; Fiorello, Sig‘ior Polonini ; Sargente, Signor Rossi ; and Almaviva, Sig-n.or Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre stals, 10s. 6d., 75., and amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickts may be had at thetboatre , box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is open from ten to dye, and at the principal musicselltrs' and irtOYAL PB.INC ESS'S THEATRE.- 1.-4) S o l e Lessee andß Manage TO r, GOOD Mr. Geo LUCK. paddy . Vining. 1 HIS EVENING, BON O'lt,Lfferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. Aftor which, the new p:ay by John Oxenford, Esi., TIIE 1M0N,,., STERN OF SP. JUSr : Messrs. Vining, i. Mars toe, J. ,Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, cyarn, thapmau ; Mrs. 11. Marston, and adile. Stella. colas. Ni-CW THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.— &ale Proprietor and Mansasr, Mr. B. Webster. TIIIS EVENING, THE IRISLI TIGER. Mr. C. 11. Stephenson, Mr. Billington. A ft e r which, JANET PRID E : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, P. Bedford , Stuar t, Ste p henson, item er ; bliss Woolgar, 3,l;ss Denman. rollowed by THE AREA BELLE, with a Horrible Tale: Diesels. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, .d. RomerMiss Woolgar, and Jars. ii. Lewis. Commence at 7. OYAL ST. SA:NIES'S THEATRE, under the R Management of Mr. B. VrEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Re-engagement of thoMse ce:ebra-cedharles Mathe and popular artistes, Mr. an s Charles y c nr ur original Travestie of a very Production of an 1071 Esq., entitled FAUST popular subject' Aksi 3110t GatirE, w n l a n%l l ; Mr. and Mrs Charles wi ll appear. The new scenery by the celebrated Mathews artists, Messrs. Manson and Sons ; the incidental Ba;let by ()sear BYrne• ongst the artists engaged will be found the popular mines of alr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. ranor ic Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul ß e,dsd, Mr.:F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley. Mr. J. Johnstone . , 3 ii,a Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, Mrs. Stirring, and Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN GOLF'S F'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and MrF. itcbi 12 son. At a quarter-past S, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE Mr. Chas. Mathews. Mr. clarke, air. Ashley, Mr. Montague, Mr. W. H. Eburne, J. Mr. W. Chamberiaine, and Mrs. C. Mathew.i. At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mathews, Mr. Ash ey. Miss Wentworth. Cl OODIVOOD.—RACE GLASSES, the best at ki CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of .Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlader, V!enna. ()VERA and RACE GLASSES, Field and Yacht Glasses, in every vatic y of size, form. and mounting, matchlek's for their great magnifying power and sharpness of dedtth On Price, from 30s. each, at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W.. corner of Conduit-street. Sole agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo g,raphic lenses made by Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses ma de expressly tor India. warranted to withstand the gteatest cent ly m tropica,l adheat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re e for H.R.H. the Prince c.f Wales though of the largest size, weigh but a few ounces. C OUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. 3lessrs. JAY, of .Relent-street, have now in stock a variety of WASHLNG titheSlL DILESSES, suitatle for the Gountry and seaside, and e:earing-out price of only £l. u s. ed. the dress. JAY'S, 247,20, and 231, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already ' , seri 15 per cent., and it will soon reach a far greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore, iavite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the samo qualities will naturally more Cortly as the price of silk fluctua Ss to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 249, and 251, Regent-street. ----- COALS. —The MLLES HAL Ls COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'....-..233. per ton. I Double.. 20s. per ton. Top 226. „ 1 Deep Well screened and delivered within rive miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W.. and 3laiden-lane, N. chaldron Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. TE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN , " Containing' the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, e.ua be had Every Evening of G. IL GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, .Tuly 18, 1564. . This day at Two o'clock 7c) Barometer- 30 . 04 . ; light breeze and very warm. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. nr.Ts DA - Y.—Morning, 12h. 50m.—Afternoon, lh. 20m ro.voimow.-Morning, .111. 45m.—Afternoon, 2h. B.n. LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1864. 1 . " tit '::4lrut • The do•nothing system in politics turns out, after all, to be by far the best. Never mind what you came in for. Forget it. Undertake, when once you are in, to do anything but that. Supposing, for example, just by way of argument, that you came into office distinctly for the purpose of carrying triumphantly through both houses a really good Reform Bill. Shelve it—pat it aside altogether—that is, the notion of any Reform Bill at all. Supposing even (again, of course, purely for the sake of argument) that you have ousted your predecessors in office from power because the Reform Bill they could have carried, through both Houses, if you would only have let them, was, when you came to look at it, really not by any means good enough. For your selves—when once you are comfortably settled down into your places—quietly cushion the whole subjsct, by submitting no Reform Bill whatsoever to either -- ----------_____ of that. True, you are nominally its custodians. But all that sort of thing h a s long ago become 1 The A ge o f D ue lling notoriously a mere pretenc e. has, however, long ago become no less undeniably a thing of the past than t he age of Tournamerits. Honour, forsooth I—while the lengths we ought to go upon that score might have been estimated pro. bably by the interval between the point and butt of a knight's spear —they are calculated far more accurately la o w-a-days by the calico printers' ya rd measure. And so—let it be understood now once far all—as the great guiding principle henceforth regulating c ur foreign policy, tiaat tlw power ofEn gm and by sea and land shall never be manifested from this time forth, unless it is conclusively shown that its manifestation is imperatively required by considerations of pounds, shillings, and pence. Let it affect merely what is called the National Horiour —andyou may confidently give it the go-by. Let it, on the contrary, but merely touch the :National Pocket, anl—Have at you, one and all, wi et arm's, by sea and by land, horse, foot, and artillery. Royal Agricultural Show at Newcastle, The meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at New castle-upon-Tyne, which commenced on Wednesday last, is one of the most successful that has been witnessed for some years, if due allowance be made for the locality and its dis taiace frora the southern and central portions of the king dom. The , show of .. , ocAr .no of surpaßeing excellence. ann tniAt at implements very null, Ilaand it. Indeed we may say that the display of the latter was equal to that of stock, taking into account the implements and machinery worked by steam power and used for the cultivation of the soil. The entries of implements and machinery were some what smaller than they were last year at 'Worcester, a fact easily accounted for by the great distance of Newcastle from the localities in which most of the manufacturers re side. Still most of the leading firms were represented at the show. The trial of steam implements naturally created a great sensation, and was witnessed by those who had a more than ordinary interest in it with considerable anxiety. The scene of the operations was on the farm of Mr Jamieson, Burton, near the town of Newcastle. The field was well chosen to test the working part of the implements. The competitors were Messrs Garrett and Son, Mr John Fowler, Messrs. Howard, Messrs Coleman, Mr Savory, Mr Collin son Hall, and Messrs Richardson. The latter, however, simply put in an appearance, but did not work. Lots were drawn for positions, and the ground was divided into an acre each, or thereabouts. This was on Tuesday, sand the trial was simply a preliminary one, to try the paces and working powers of the implements. Still, it indicated in some measure the winner, and was watched with the utmost attention. The judges noted down every particular, and their award must depend upon several circumstances which do not come under the notice of the mere looker-on ; such, for instance, as the consumption of fuel of each engine in doing its work, and wear and tear, the draught, the simpli city of construction and arrangement of each apparatus, and the ease and facility with which they can be managed by the ordinary man of the farm, besides others not neces sary to mention. In addition to the steam implements, there were 17 swing ploughs, 30 wheel ploughs, five subsoil ploughs, and five diggers. The judges of the steam ploughs are Messrs. C, S. Read, R. B. Caldwell, Professor J. Coleman, F. Serburne, jun., and D. K. Clark, C.E. The judges of the horse ploughs are Messrs, T. P. Dod, E. Wortley, and T, P. Outhwaite. The show will be open to the public to-day, when the judges will award the prizes for live stock in the yard on Town Moor. NEWCASTLM, Sunday Evening, The trials of implements at Burton have been on a great scale. Splendid weather has set in, and the show opens to morrow with great attractions. A railway accident at Washington to the Scottish express from London proved disastrous to a staff of reporters engaged for the Kewcastle Chronicle. Mr Clarke, the editor of the Christian Time:, and three assistants with him, Messrs Clarke, Elliott, and Callingham, were cut, bruised, and disabled. Other re porters have been telegraphed for to London, Mr Cowen at once placed the injured gentlemen under medical care. They are happily doing well, and have no limbs broken. Though more hurt than any other passsengers, their friends need not be alarmed for their safety. THE HEALTH OF HIS HOLINESS.—We have ren ceived letters from Rome, says the Monde, dated the 4th inst. The writer was an eye-witness of the follow ing circumstances, which occurred on that very day, and which is a fresh proof of the perfect restoration of the health of our Holy Father the Popo. Mgr. Lynch, Bishop of Charleston, at the close of a private audience with which h© had been favoured by the Sovereign Pointiff, requested and obtained permission to present to his Holiness several Americans who were desirous of obtaining the blessing of the Common Father of the faithfal before leaving the Eternal City. Among them was Dr. Elisha Gregory, an eminent medical man of the town of St. Louis (Missouri), a convert of some years' standing. The Bishop of Charles ton mentioned, while presenting him, the high position which the doctor occupies in his native town, and the Christian charity which ho practise there. His Holiness asked the doctor several questions, especially about his visits to the hospitals in home. Then holding out his arm, he said in the hearty tone which is so natural to him : " You are a doctor : feel my pulse." With a zany froid truly American, the doctor did so at once, and as carefully as it he had been among his ordinary patients. " The news papers tell me every day that I am at death's door ; what is your opinion, doctor ?" The latter was silent ; his head was bent, and though his countenance was calm, ho seemed absorbed in deep thought. " I know," continued the Holy Father, ‘` that I must die when God shall will it, but I don't feel exactly lika dying at the present moment." At length the doctor raised his head : "normal condition 1" said he, "that pulse is strong and betokens perfect health. There is not the least sign of malady." They, says our correspondent, who have had opportunities of observing the dembanour of the Holy Father during the long and tedious, ceremonies of the late season, or who have heard his ♦oice, as full and as sonorous at the end as at the commencement or who have had the happiness of conversing with him in private, will feel no astonishment at the reply of the American doctor, and all who are devoted to Holy Church praise God for having thwarted the desires and imagi4a ticlas of the entrai.:l of % . )ar hely religion, FRANCE. BOURSE, July 16.—The market has been very inanimate, but prices well supported. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at 66f. 45c. Mobilier, which at first declined, now show a slight improve ment, being at 1,027 f. 50c, Railway Market quiet but firm. The market closed as follows : 4t per Cents. 94 10 Italian L oan 6B 05 Do. end month.... Do. e nd month 65 30 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 45 New Mexican .... 57 25 Credit Mobilier 1032 50 Ru ssian 86 Do. and month 1030 Au strian .. Bl -- Bank Shares 3400 Spanish Threes.... Credit Yonder 1225 Home Debt Roman B4ILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 877 50 .. 875 -- Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 900 .. 897 50 New ditto Southern .. 615 .. 645 Western - -- Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lon , b , rd North of Spain Saragossa .. 5.:0 .. 528 75 Ditto to Barcelona .... —.- .. 255 DENMARK AND GERMANY, Some further correspondence relating to the Danish question has been published. The despatch of M. 11Ionrad to M. de Bille, dated Copenhagen hue 28, has already been made public. The reply of the British Government to Bishop Monrad's remarks is contained in the subjoined despatch, which will be read with much interest : EARL RUSSELL TO SIR. A, PAGET. "Foreign Office, July 6, 1864. " Sir,—The Danish Envoy in London has placed in my hands a despatch which he has received from Bishop Monrad, of which 1 send you a copy. "Her Majesty's Government sympathise with the King and people of Denmark in the severe trial which they have been obliged to undergo, Her Majesty's Government recognise the justice of many of the reproaches addressed by the Danish Government to the Powers which, having been parties to the Treaty of London, have departed from its provisions, and, under the guise of a Federal execution in Holstein and of a temporary occupation in Schleswig, have in effect subverted the authority of the King of Denmark in these two Duchies. "But it is of urgent importance to Denmark that the Danish Government should look their present situation in the face. When during the Conference the Danish plenipotentiaries declared to the pleni potentiaries of her Majesty that the lines of frontier p r,p....,-..za Ly t 1..... (3.-actiawn Powers coutd not be ac cepted byDenmark, her Majesty's plenipotentiaries felt obliged to ask them how the Danish Govern ment could expect better terms by war. _ - - "Accordingly, the possession of Duppel and of Alsen—which the Prussian plenipotentiary, sup ported by the Austrian, proceed to recommend their Governments to leave to Denmark, if Denmark would at once accept a frontier line to the north of Fiensburg—is now out of the question. A few days of war hav© dispelled all hope of the renewal of Count Bernstorff's proposal. " The latter part of Bishop INlonrad's despatch ex. presses the hope that the Powers which have shows so great an interest in favour of Denmark during the negotiations will not abandon her daring the war. " It is true that the neutral Powers,moved by an earnest desire to preserve the independence of Den mark, and by admiration of the gallant struggle made by a brave nation in so unequal a contest, have endeavoured most zealously to obtain for the Danish Government such terms of peace as the manifest superiority of Austria and Prussia in arms and the views entertained by Germany would allow. But I beg to remind the Government of Denmark that while her Majesty's Government, in conj ann. tion with the other neutral Powers, were unwilling to urge upon the Danish Government the accep tance of terms which that Government deemed in compatible with the safety and honour of Denmark, her Majesty's Government have never engaged themselves, nor can they now engage themselves, to support the Danish cause by force of arms, or to impose upon Germany the conditions suggested in Conference. " Yon will read this despatch to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and g i ve him a copy of it.—l am, Sze. (Signed) RUSSELL. The Chineha Islands—Robbery of Despatches The Panama Star and Herald of Jane 21 con tains the following account of the robbery of de• spatches sent from the Chincha Islands by Admiral Pinion to the Spanish Government : " Whoever the guilty parties may be, we cannot but look upon such a robbery as an exceedingly disgraceful one to those concerned in it, as it in volves innocent and uninterested people, and sub jects them to most disagreeable accusations. Bus. picion, we are told, rests on some of the passengers, who were said to be sent as spies b y the Peruvian Government; but we cannot believe that the Govern ment of Peru would resort to petty theft, either directly or indirectly, to effect such an object, and instead of believing that the robbers are emissaries of the Government, we prefer thinking they are ad venturers, who hope to secure some such information as may be worth something to them hereafter. Whoever or whatever they are, we hope they will be discovered and punished, and that thus all blame will be taken off the innocent persons who are now responsible for the theft. We learn from M. de 'Lehner, the French Consul at this port, that his despatch bag from the commanding officer of the French vessel of war at Valparaiso had also been opened on board, and that the usual official do spatches for his Government, the French admiral, and himself had been e xtracted, nothing being found in the bag by him but private letters, M.& Zeltner exhibited this bag to the British Consul and the commander of the British ship-of-war De vastation, who both concur in the belief that the seal had been broken and the bag rifled of its con.- tents. A good deal of talk has occurred in our usually quiet pity by the report that the despatch bag of the French Consul from the Spanish Squad ron at the Chincha3 was broken open and rifled of its contents on board the Panama Steam Navigation Company's steamer Chile. The facts connected with the affair, as far as we can learn, are as fol lows:—Whilst at Pisco an officer of the Spaniel, fleet gave a closed despatch bag to the commander of the Chile, requesting it to be delivered to the French Consul at Panama. Capt. Sivell, as is usual in such eases, gave the bag to his purser, instructing him to place it in the safe, which he did, On arriving at Taoga, suspicions being entertained by the captain ae to the safety of the FOXING THE YIRE. Nothing can be more irritating than the feeble, incom plete way in which people poke their fires. I cannot bear to look at them: But I don't know which is worse, the indecisive "potter," or the ignorant, inartistic " smash " which batters down the pregnant covering of caked coal into black contusion, letting tho precious materials of a blaze escape unignited up the chimney. To stir a fire perfectly, requires the touch of a sculptor, the eye of an architect, and the wrist of a dentist. I never saw it done thoroughly well above a dozen times in my life ; and although there are approximations more or lees distant, within the reach of ordinary men, do not suppose that the process is a simple one, capable of being performed in a single operation. . . There is the tap, when the fire has eaten int ) tho heart of a big upper boulder-coal, and its opening chinks require but a slight shock to part, and let the imprisoned flame spring forth. There is the lift, when the poker acts as a lever to the crust, and lets the rich laosened fragments drop into the rod-hot cavern. There is the stir universal, when the maps has been left too long, and requires a thorough miring. There is the ventilating poke, when the roof of the fabric) has fallen heavily in, and the struggling flame has hardly power enough to overcome the incumbent mass, In this case the poker must be moved slowly, and left for a minute between the bars after the movement has been made. In contrast to all this is the procedure of a woman; who is thus defined by an Irish archbishop : " woman, a creature who does not reason, and who pokes the tiro from the top," Here again is a capital sketch of THE DECISIVE NURSE. "The deoisivo nurse is never peremptory, never loud, She is distinct, it is true—there is nothing more aggravat ing to a sick person than a whisper, but she is not loud. Though quiet, however, she never walks tip-toe ; she never makes gestures ; all is open and above-board. She knows no diplomacy or finesse, and of course her shoes never creak. Her touch is steady and encouraging. She does not potter, She never blows her nose in a subdued, provokingly imper fect, and considerate sort of way, but honestly, and in a natural tone. She never looks at you sideways. You never catch her watching. She never slams the door, of course, but she never shuts it slowly, as if she were crack ing a nut in the hinge. She never talks behind it. She never peeps. Sho pokes the fire skilfully, with firm judi cious penetration. She caresses one kind of patient with genuine sympathy ; she talks to another as if he were well. She is never in a hurry. Sho is worth her weight in gold, and has a healthy prejudice against physic, whioh, how ever, she knows at the right time how to conceal." Among the other essays are some very discrimi• native remarks of different temperaments, the hesitating temper, &c., and altogether these holiday papers present us with a charming variety of wise and whimsical comments on matters of general interest and importance, THE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND POSTAGE QUESTION.--The Lords Commissioners of her Ma. jesty's Treasury have decided not to carry into effect at present the alterations in the rates of postage on letters addressed to the Australian colonies and to New 'Zealand, by packet and by private ship, which were ordered to take place on the Ist instant ; and a Treasury warrant has been issued reimposing the old rates of postage of 6d the cz letter, via Southampton; 10d the oa, letter, via Mar seilles ;6d the oz. letter by private ship. These rates must be paid in advance as heretofore.---By command of the Postmaster- eneral.—General Post-(Mee, 16th July, IS6 1. GAME PROSPECTS.--We are happy to say that all our reports coincide in the pleasing conclusion that the breeding season for all kinds of game has been the best we have had tor the last four years. About the Cumnocks, Auchinleck, Fenwick, Kilbirnie, West Kilbrido, ac., all our reports concur that this will be the best season since 1859. The coveys run from four to ten, and will average about seven, all well on the wing already and finely grown, and, if the present fine weather continues, will keep a re spectable distance from the sportsman on the 12th. In Wigtewnshire our reports place the grouse in as favourable a light a 3 in the north-cast of Avrshire.-4 yr sitdvertiser. The Empress Josephine, Napoleon's first wife, is to have a statue in Paris, on the square before the Aiwa ► Z . AND GERMANY, DENMAR (From the Special Corresponcleht of the gi,aes.) ELSINORE, July 13. The announcement of the formation of a new Cabinet, under the presidency of Count Carl Moltke, which was made in the semi-official organ, the Berlingske Tidende, on Sunday evening last, and which I communicated in my Mondsy'a letter, turns out to have been premature. On the evening of the same Monday, after the departure of the mail, it was understood that the new President would be not M. Moltke, but M. Bluhme. The intelligence has since been steadily confirmed. This mere per sonal modification, however, does not alter the tendencies of the new Council, which remains, as it was, the Peace Ministry. M. tke and M. Q uaade continue to be attached to the Cabinet as " teas without a portfolio," and will, it is said, with or without that title, go forth as diplomatic agents to the Courts of Berlin and Vienna, Paris, and London. trlse whole of the Danish nation, from the King to the last drummer in the army, seems now fully aware that the war was a " mistake" from the beginning; a mistake arising, in January last, from an expectation of foreign support, which turned out to be fallacious ; and grounded, in June, upon the necessity of breaking through the tram mels of neutral diplomacy, and joining issues with the enemy, so as to stand face to face with him alone, Denmark could hardly hope to swim out of the deep waters of her present difficulty so long as her hands were helplessly clinging to the broken reed of foreign mediation. Once more a free agent, Denmark may hope to obtain from the Germans a new truce bearing all the character of a real and per manrnt armistice ; an armistice either contracted for a specified term, say of nine months, or at least not to expire without one month's notice. It is ex pected that the terms of this new armistice will bc on the part of the Austro-Prussians the evacua tion of Jutland and the release of the Danish prisoners of war; on the part of the Danes, the raising of the blockade, and the restitution of the captured German vessels. It would not be easy to say on what ground the hopes of the Danes for so advantageous a respite may rest. All that they seem positively to know is that they neither can nor will fight any more, and it is perhaps allowable to presume that war cannot goon on one side only, and that even Germans will be loth to strike where they meet with no re sistance : " Irmo in terra," as the old Italian saying is, " eon fa pits yuerra." There are other reasons, however, besides this somewhat blind trust in the magnanimity of what has been hitherto rather an ignoble foe, to induce a belief among the Danes—a belief that their situa tion is by no means so desperate as it may seem, and a hope that they may after all yet fall on their feet. I saw yesterday a gentleman of very high rank in this country, a gentleman brought through his connections into close intimacy with the Courts and Governments of Germany, and especially of Prussia. He had seen M. von Bismark very lately, and had a higher opinion of that statesman's rectitude and moderation than the world at large is disposed to entertain. M, von Biemark, this gentleman says, does not conceal or disguise his desire that the Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein should remain, as they now are. in Prussian hands. Could any amount of political skill or military strength enable that ultra-Conser. vative statesman to annex those provinces to the monarchy of Brandenburg, the material interests of his own State would be paramount with him over every other consideration but he sees enor mous difficulties in the attitude of foreign Powers, by no means re-assuring, in spite of the hesitation of long suffering England and of the ominous re ticence of designing France—difficulties in the dispo sition of mind 9f the SchleswigeHolsteiners, who give unequivocal signs of their aspirations to inde pendent existence, and of their stanch devotion to their proclaimed Duke. Sooner than allow either Augustenburg or Oldenburg, or any other idol of the people or minion of Russia to ascend the Decal throne, 111. von Bismark, his friends and admirers aver, would wish with all his heart, and would strive with all his might, to bring back the Duchies under the allegiance of Denmark, The Prussian Cabinet have not so good a rc—on ue satisfied with toe behaviour of the minor German Princes es to evince any anxiety to add to their number, nor do they feel a sympathy with the leaders of the Demo cratic party, the agitators moving Heaven and earth in the name of nationality, and threatening the peace of the country in the name of Vaterland, to wish to give them a rallying point, a natural chief and standard-bearer in Kiel, to accustom the German people to look upon Schleswig-Holstein as their own handiwork, to identify it with their great re volutionary schemes, a monument of what united Germanism was able to achieve, and what it might hereafter aspire to. The Prince of Augustenburg always flattered himself he could rely on the goodwill of King Wil liam of Prussia ; but the King's favour will avail him but little without the good pleasure of the Prime Minister, It was not without reluctance, because with no hope of any immediate advantage for the Prussian Monarchy, that M. von Bismark allowed himself to be dragged by popular clamour int, hostilities with Denmark. So long as the Eider Danish Party lorded it over, and, as it were " terrorised" Copenhagen, neutralising the peace ful intentions and the German sympathies 'of the Court, any good understanding betwen Denmark and Prussia was too plainly out of the question. But now all is changed ; the Prussian army, by its ex ploits at Miesunde, at Dybbol, and Ale, has not so nr.;cii defeated the Danish troops, as it has routed the revolution both in Denmark and Germany ; it has secured in favour of the Prussian Prime Minis ter the mastery of the situation. A Cabinet with such men as M. Moltke or M. Bluhme at its head comes into power with views professedly opposite to those of his predecessor. Had either of those two gentlemen held the supreme power in his hands instead of M. Hall or Bishop Monrad, there would either never have been a subject of collision betwean Germany and Denmark, or the latter would have so framed her policy as never to supply the former with a pretext for hostilities against her. What could not be done in 1862, or in September, November, or January last, may, the Danish friends of peace expect, be achieved at the present day. The Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein may return under Danish allegiance on conditions securing a perfect political as wall as administrative autonomy in their favour. Denmark will desist from any of those denationalizing attempts which set her German subjects so strongly against her Government. The cause of nationality, as represented by the rabid Eider. Danish party, will receive a blow in Denmark which will by a contfrecoup be equally felt among the hair-brained demagogues in Vaterland. If Denmark chooses as leaders of her Government men according to M. von Bisnaark's own heart, the worst causes for the dissatisfaction of that mighty statesman against her fall to the ground ; a natural understanding, alliance and solidarity be tween the two antirevolutionary Cabinets are esta blished ipso facto, and the stronger party can hardly do lees in support of the weaker one than to enable it to hold its head above watei, by the recovery of those Duchies, -without which all government in pnmaic o or i n deed the very existence of the coun try,or would become an impossibility—those Duchies which Prussia does not well see how she can keep for herself, and which she is equally unwilling to make over to an enfant !Ate of rampant dermgogy or to a mere tool of Russian ambition. MALT FOR FEEDISO CATTLE.—An experiment was concluded in Cumberland last week which is interesting, to tanners and others, as showing the feeding properties of malt and barley. On the 9th of April last eight Irish heifers, as near equal in quality, size, and weight as it was possible to find them, were fastened up in the pre mises of Mr 'Wyndham, brewer, Cookormouth, to fatten. Four of these were fed upon barley and four upon equal measures of malt. The resutt at the end of 13 weeks was in favour of barley by 30Ib upon the four, which sold for L 6 10s. more money than those fed upon malt. The owner lost be, per head by the experiment. It is rumoured that Mr Pechter intends to pro. duce the " Lady of Lyons," and that ho is looking for t lady to play Pauline to his Claude Melnotte. He has n.t at present accepted any country engagement. =rile London R ev iew ate.tes that Mr. and Ms. Wigan are looking out for some building in London Wneh Call wily be calmrted into a §, taAll and elqvnt theatre, OMfigt 6'1113 HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 16, Prince and Princess Lciningen dined with her Majesty yesterday. Major-General Sir Henry Storks arrived at Os borne from London, and returned to-day. JULY 17. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Bea trice, end Princess Louis of Hesse, went on board the iron-eased ship Princc Consort, cff Osborne, yeß• terday afternoon. The Queen embarked in the royal yacht Fairy at the Osborne pier, and was conveyed in the barge from the Fairy to the Prince Consort, after inspect ing which her Majesty returned ashore in the same manner. The suite in attendance consisted of the Countess of Caledon, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lieutenant - General the Hon. C. Grey, and Major-General Seymour. Earl de Grey and Ripon arrived yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and royal Her Royal Highness Princess Helena is confined to the house by an attack of scarlatina, but in a mild form, and all the symptoms attending the complaint are very satisfactory. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Prince and Princess of Wales left Marl' borough House on Saturday, for the White Lodge, Richmond-park. Messrs. E. Emanuel, of Portsmouth, had the honour of submitting, for the inspection of the Prince of Wales, the gold vase manufactured b 7 them for the Goodwood race meeting of the present year. The Prince and Princess of Ilralee have honoured Mr. Desanges with an inspection of the picture 1 10 is now painting of the royal wedding, and with sittings for their portraits. Aceoushement of the Princess Co'tilde, (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PARIS, July 17 (Morning)• The Princess Clotilae gave birth to a son last ❑ight at eleven o'clock.. Marriage of the Marquis of Hastings ari a Lady Florence Paget. Lady Florence Cecilia Paget, only daughter of the Marquis of Anglesey by his second marriage wit h Henrietta, fourth daughter of the late Right 1 -I ° l3 ' Sir Charles Begot, was married on Saturday last at St George's Church, Hanover-square, to the Mar . , quis of Hastings. The marriage was a hurried and unexpected one—more particularly, it would appe a l to the connections of her ladyship , none of wilcul were witnesses to the ceremony. The marriage took place by licence, the Rev. John Knipe, ) I .A" curate of Wellesboine, Warwickshire, officiating' The bride was given away, in the absence of bar noble father, by Capt. Frederick Granville, a mutual friend. Lady Edith Abney Hastings and Le d / Bertha Clifton, sisters of the noble bridegroo' were present, together with Viscount Marsham, and Mrs Frederick Granville, Miss Congreve) 14r Wilkinson, Mr F. S. Blake, &e. Mr Blake was the marquis's best friend on the occasion. The attesting witnesses to the marriage regis tet were Lady Edith Maud Abney Hastings, Mr Fr e. derick Granville, and Viscount Marsham. After the ceremony the noble marquis and bride left town by special train for his ancestral O a !' Dounington Park, near Ashby de La Zouch, L ela cestershire. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale gave a grand dinner on Saturday °ce ll , ing, at Orleans House, Twickenham, to meet their ReYs' Highness the Bake and Duchess de Chartres, Thero uresent to join the circle his Excellency the Marq ue d'Azeglio, the night Hon. W. E. and Mrs Gladstone' Lady Moleswerth, the Right Hon. the Speaker and La' l l Charlotte Denison and Hon, Miss Ellis, Lord Houghton, Mr Panizzi, Mr and Mrs Holford, the Right Hon sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Mr and Mrs Mori er, an',, Madlle. Duparqui, in waiting on the Duke and Duchess de Chartres. Prince Paul Esterbazy left town on Satu rday morning fer Vienna. r ' a The Duke of Devonshire, accompanied b y Edward and Lady Louisa Cavendish, left Devonshire 11°11$ on Friday for Chatsworth, Derbyshire. The Marquis de Salamanca, Monsieur Delaha ute ; and Monsieur Daugny have left the Clarendon H otel f° Paris. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury et ite ,,; tamed the Duke of Rutland, Lord and La" r d Carington, Lord and Lady Raglan, Lord and Lady .A.bit 3 g e i . : Lord and Lady R. Cecil, Right Hon. Benjamin Disr ae : M.P., and Mrs Disraeli, Major-General the Right '„"; George Forester, M.P., Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, 131 Seymour Fitzgerald, M.P. Mr and Hon. Mrs W illie g t Rose, and Miss S. Dashwood, at dinner on Sat u rda y () at the mansion in Stratford-place. THE NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. ---ah : Seamen's Association at Drontheim, Christians u t,"l and Nalesund, in Norway and'Sweden, have, througil W. Tottie, the Swedish Consul General, forwarded t'i handsome contribution of £59 13s to the National Life b° : - Institution, in admiration of the great and important ee':, vices which its lifeboats have occasionally rendered to the' ccuntrymen shipwrecked on the coasts of the United 103,; dom. Last winter the Southport lifeboat of the ins tituo°- saved, during a very heavy gale of wind, 17 persons o°l3l the barque Tamworth, of Skion, Norway. LORD PALMERSTON, AS USUAL, OVERSBT VICTORY !—The congratulations of friends and f° which he received in state at his party on Saturday aigkh", have mounted into his brain, says a shrewd observer iu Spectator, and brought out again traces of that cavalier /3,0 contemptuous manner which contributed so much to hie ' to F in 1858. On Tuesday night, in answe r to a question 1°3,0 the bad faith of the Brazilian Government towards emancipados, Lord Palmerston enumerated the twenty e te 4 of the Brazilian circumlocution office, by which alone slave, after working out his 14 years' apprenticeshiP l to . gain his freedom, and st i g matised the bad faith of thetl);o. ceeding much as it deserved ; but when Mr Seymour g erald, who, with Mr Bright, appears to regard all at sa g cens ure of foreign Powers, however much they may 11 :01s deserved it, as menaces, remonstrated, Lord Palcuer-6-03a put him down savagelyand blunderingly by r egretting' ft s, was so ignorant"—Mr S. Fitzgerald having called 1%0 this illogical snub by saying that he did not di s P asts Lord Palmerston's statement, Lord John Manners w i took up the fight and wondere d that Lord Paleiersctor should have quoted from an unofficial Brazilian paper . d pa what the Ministry—we believe Mr Gladstone—had et g ; the late debate about " the ribald trash of the foreign Pr e h i tO L or d Palmerston then shied the blue book kin which',.. to news p a per extract had been embodied across the tabLv.tos Lord John Manners in a huff, and altogether left an ; 011 pression on the house that he had lost his head s ad temper with his fears. .00 1 ' THE CONVICT MUTINY AT PORTLAND P11. 10 "01. The feeling of insubordination among the 000'w at the convict establishment here, in consequence of ti le pe' troduction of the new dietary system, still continues tc f l 14° exhibited, although no outbreak has taken place effa ce o ritt day. - Every day large numbers of the men refuse to W oo f alleging as an excuse that not sufficient food under th e Oa dietary system is given them to keep their strength u1'•,,,j0 Tuesday a large body of men refu sed to leave their 0%4- after dinner and resume w ork, and it w as not until 03(30,y. of the military was obtained that they would resuin e fir s Alms:: every hour men are marched back handcuffe d t : oj ea prison, and from inquiries we have made we are that about 230 have turned refractory and are novico/1,, o re in their cells. The ringleaders of the riot on Tue sd % 0 1° recovering from the injuries which they received tire hands of the civil guards. It was expected that on T tu ft' day, Friday, and Saturday the men would again tu rn 70 0 nous, as a number of them were severely whipped °ll , R ttfi' days, but such was not the case. This is no daub'A-ro, to butable to the fact that the guards have received ort)eiacer fire upon the convicts should another outbreak re lte ,, l :beet; and also to the excellent arrangements which lo v '',„ n d made by Captain Clay, the governor of the Pris°Te; Captain DuCane, director of convict prisonr, the Bing 01°' whoca is now engaged in instituting inquiries reel3cethl'ieero; outbreak, and in awarding punishment to the e !" - sou l " Every precaution has been taken to suppress a revolt 'wool one unfortunately take place, two detachments of til c o ott Regiment being stationed in the vicinity of convict lagoon • one overlooking the batteries on the east side of thel )rea lS and the other near the West Quarry, where the °ll ,,, t pre i ° on Tuesday commenced, In addition to this force Tole a strong picket of the civil guard in the tower 0 0111 00' assistance be needed. The insubordinate convicts Lu e D a6 wa ter i ned to their cells and dieted on bread and while thus treated some (.4 filexu are Wry 'slat/A' _ MI tree: strer exec by 12,5 Lion raisi recei £4B, carr stat, in a cont afte !MICE an( for An to